Course: Audience Theory

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Course title Audience Theory
Course code KZU/TPMN
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Sloboda Zdeněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
History of media research and the research of media effects. Key concepts of audience, key research from the field of audience studies: - Lazarsfeld, Berelson, Gaudet, H.: The People´s Choice - Morley:Family television - Fiske: Understanding Popular Culture. - Gender, fans comonities, individualised reception - Ang: Living Room Wars: Rethinking Audiences for a Postmodern World. - Jenkins III, H.: Star Trek Rerun, Reread, Rewritten: Fan Writing as Textual Poaching.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
What are the effects of media and how to investigate them? The aim of the course is to present different theories of audience, from mass audience to difused one.
Students will acquire skills of the course according to sylabus
Prerequisites
Ability to read academic text in English.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Activity in seminar discussions, presentation of selected research, final knowledge test.
Recommended literature
  • Abercrombie, N. - Longhurst, B. 1998: Audiences. Sage. (str. 68-76).
  • Ang, I. 1996: Living Room Wars. Routledge.
  • Berger, A. A. Media and communication research methods: an introduction to qualitative and quantitative approaches.
  • Gauntlett, D. 1999: TV Living: Television, Culture and Everyday Life. Routledge.
  • Greig, A., Taylor, J., & MacKay, T. Doing research with children: a practical guide.
  • Jeřábek,H. 1996: Hadley Cantril a Robert K. Merton - dva výzkumy mimořádného působení .
  • Katz, E. Dvoustupňový tok komunikace: nejnovější zpráva o hypotéze. In: Jirák, J. Říchová, B. 2000: Politická komunikace a média. Karolinum.
  • McQuail, D. 1997: Audience Analysis. Sage.
  • Morley, D. 1986: Television in the Family. In: Family Television: Cultural Power and Domestic Leisure. Routledge..
  • Robert Kozinets. (2009). Netnography: Doing Ethnographic Research Online..
  • Salmons, J. Qualitative online interviews: strategies, design, and skills.
  • Webster, J. G., Phalen, P. F., & Lichty, L. W. Ratings analysis: audience measurement and analytics.
  • Zeller, F., Ponte, C., & O'Neill, B. Revitalising audience research: innovations in European audience research.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Journalism Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Media Analysis specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Cultural Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Communication Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -